Ames SOFIA and Astrobiology Institute threatened with cuts

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ljk — 2/8/2006 6:32:41 PM (archived)

Posted on Tue, Feb. 07, 2006

NASA/Ames faces more deep cuts

By Glennda Chui

Mercury News

A $600 million jumbo jet, equipped with a 50,000-pound telescope for studying
black holes and destined for Mountain View's NASA/Ames Research Center, is
threatened with elimination in next year's NASA budget, officials said Monday.

...

And NASA's Astrobiology Institute, a virtual center based at Ames with collaborators at 16 institutions across the country, faces a 40 percent cut, said Ames acting director Chris Christensen.

Full article at:

http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13812757.htm

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So George Bush wants to increase NASA's budget by 1 percent for 2007? - Jacob Samorodin - 2/5/2006 11:48:26 PM
- re: So George Bush wants to increase NASA's budget by 1 percent for 2007? - Doug Ellison - 2/6/2006 8:48:28 PM
  - re: So George Bush wants to increase NASA's budget by 1 percent for 2007? - dtb - 2/7/2006 5:12:35 AM
- How much has he increased their budget over the past 2-3 years? (n/t) - Lee - 2/6/2006 12:11:45 AM
  - Increases? Space science is being slashed! - ljk - 2/6/2006 6:02:04 PM
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